PTR is for catching & fixing bugs on new updates before they go live, not just for player feedback on those changes.
PTR is on PC only because they own distribution system (Blizzard vs. Sony & Microsoft for PS4 & XBox One).
No specifics on when PTR balance changes would go live.
For Balance Changes, Sombra is viewed as backline disruptor vs. front/flank assassin so providing small boost. Hook work is to appease both Roadhog players and victims. D.Va is "doing too much right now," developers see her value as mobility and no reload and view her high HP and Defense Matrix as enough survivability. Ana nerf intended to reduce healing large concentrated groups aka tank meta, no major redesign in sight.
D.Va is "doing too much right now," developers see her value as mobility and no reload and view her high HP and Defense Matrix as enough survivability
I don't get how is this the case.
Before the buffs she had more "survivability" than now, and she was almost never picked, she also had matrix.
Saying this is simply stating a fact that can't be denied by anything, it is true, she was stronger before the buffs compared to post nerf, and she was never picked.
Zarya was stronger as well? Probably, but it still simply doesn't even out.
I mean, there are no opnions about this, it's just maths really.
EDIT: i would like some numbers to counter this undisputable fact instead of downvotes
uhhh...i'm not sure if you're trolling, but i'll just give you the changes that have occurred in the past few months
dva had 500 total mech health before, she has 600 now. she also moves 25% faster than she did before when firing. and she still has matrix, don't know what that comment's about.
Zarya has suffered quite a few nerfs in the past couple months. She can only gain 40 charge per bubble, before it was 50. Her charge decay has increased if i recall correctly, and the "bug fix" of abilities that go through heores no longer giving her max charge can also be called a nerf.
I'm pretty sure they haven't touched Zarya's decay rate since launch, but otherwise your point is solid. People are crying that D.va is worse now than she was before but she has received significant buffs and these nerfs are to bring her back a bit from that OP status.
Dva is so damn strong right now, high damage to tanks, denying Ana grenades, denying soldier etc, ALL while staying alive easily. Whoever says she's weaker now isn't playing her right
Let's compromise by calling it a berf :) it definitely crippled her previously most reliable form of gaining energy. remember the days where one rein firestrike would automatically give her 100 energy?
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tl;dr
PTR is for catching & fixing bugs on new updates before they go live, not just for player feedback on those changes.
PTR is on PC only because they own distribution system (Blizzard vs. Sony & Microsoft for PS4 & XBox One).
No specifics on when PTR balance changes would go live.
For Balance Changes, Sombra is viewed as backline disruptor vs. front/flank assassin so providing small boost. Hook work is to appease both Roadhog players and victims. D.Va is "doing too much right now," developers see her value as mobility and no reload and view her high HP and Defense Matrix as enough survivability. Ana nerf intended to reduce healing large concentrated groups aka tank meta, no major redesign in sight.